If you like nature in Singapore and enjoy walks on the wild side (by that I mean in the less travelled usually mosquito ridden areas!), you may find well attended gardens as pictured above in the most unlikely places. They are often guarded by abandonned dogs that are fed by the gardeners and the loud barking frightens most who would dare to approach the sites. I spoke to a person working at one of the gardens I stumbled upon. He wasn't quite willing to talk at first. As I was observing his vegetables patch and complimenting on his eggplants, he commented that if the garden was found by the authorities, plants would be unrooted or cut off and the place left in jumble. Looking at the size of the papaya trees, the above patch must not have been found. It is in fact extremely well located, beside a natural pond in the forest, from which water can be collected to water the garden. Another evidence of the entrepreneur spirit that is so strong in Asia!
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